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Chapter 151

I stepped closer to him near the dining table. He was placing whatever he had bought down in that same careless, unbothered way like he hadn’t just exploded my world minutes ago.“So what?” I snapped, my voice rising. “You just pranked me and humiliated me in front of the whole class on my first freaking day, and you say so what?”He didn’t even look at me at first. He placed the last bag on the table with slow precision, like my anger was nothing more than background noise.Then, suddenly, he turned.His hand shot out and grabbed me by the collar, yanking me forward until I was forced to meet his height. Not enough to hurt just enough to remind me he could.“You think that’s bad?” His voice was low. Dangerous in its calm. “Huh?”I swallowed hard.“What about me?” he continued, his grip tightening slightly. “What about the fact you kept me in the dark for months? The worst part?” He let out a short, humorless laugh. “I still called you my friend. My best friend, to be honest.”My ches

Chapter 152

I sat in my room after putting the groceries away and turned the question over again.Should I tell him I’d seen his girlfriend with another man? I thought through it carefully and arrived at the same conclusion every time — if I said it, he would assume I was lying, getting back at him for everything that had happened between us. There was no version of that conversation that worked in my favour right now. I had no credibility left with him to spend.Stay out of his business, I told myself. As much as you possibly can.I opened the assignment instead. It was substantial — too substantial to manage alone in any reasonable time, but I wasn’t going to ask him to help. We weren’t speaking, not properly, and I wasn’t going to force a collaboration neither of us wanted. I worked through the early pages alone, my mind drifting more than once to the strange coincidence that he had also chosen medicine. I closed the book eventually, deciding sleep mattered more than progress, and told myself

Chapter 153

My face burned with heat the moment I registered where I’d landed. I muttered an apology — fast, automatic — but before the words had even fully left me, Liam shoved me off, hard and cold, and several of my books scattered across the floor with the impact.The Liam I knew would never have raised a hand against me. Not once. Not even close.The students around us went quiet in that specific, judgmental way that happens when something has shifted in a room and everyone is silently choosing a side. I was the one sprawled on the ground. I was the one being read by every face that turned my way — and that mattered, because Liam was the golden one in this place. The angel. People didn’t question him.He scoffed loudly, deliberately pitched to carry. “First it was your sister throwing herself at me. Now it’s you.”My fists closed before I’d decided to close them.He could hate me as much as he wanted. He could push me to the floor in front of half the library and let everyone laugh. But Ava

Chapter 154

I stood in front of the dean feeling every emotion at once.He adjusted his glasses and looked at me directly. “Noah Carter. Why would you submit an empty file?” His voice carried the particular irritation of someone who has dealt with this kind of thing too many times to find it tolerable anymore. “Do you think we’re here to play games? Giving us nothing — is that supposed to be a joke?”The words wouldn’t arrive properly. “Sir, Liam was supposed to add my work to his. I gave it to him directly. He—” I stopped. “He must have done something to it.”He scoffed. “Liam? The class president?” His tone made it clear how absurd he found that. “That’s a serious accusation, young man.”“I’m sure of it, sir. If anything happened to that file, he’s the reason.”“You’d better be certain. Accusations like that don’t end well if they’re false.” He picked up his phone and made a call. “Tell Liam to come to my office.” He set it down.Liam arrived within minutes. “Good afternoon, sir.”“Hello, Liam.

Chapter 155

I stormed into my bedroom, the door slamming behind me with a force that rattled the frame. Anger had fueled every step home, but something shifted the moment I crossed the threshold. The words I had bottled up for so long—raw, painful truths—had finally spilled out, and with their release came an unexpected lightness. I sighed deeply, dropping my bag onto the bed. Exhaustion crashed over me like a wave. The moment my head touched the pillow, the world faded to black. I didn’t stir until the next morning.When I finally cracked my eyes open and reached for my phone, the screen glowed 9:00 a.m. Relief washed through me. Afternoon lectures meant I hadn’t missed anything critical. Hunger, sharp and insistent, had been what finally dragged me from sleep—I hadn’t eaten since yesterday. I sat up, rubbing the grit from my eyes, and padded to the kitchen.As I prepared breakfast, an unwelcome memory surfaced: the bitter confrontation with Liam. But this time, the sting was dull, almost distan

Chapter 156

I hoisted Liam onto my back, his dead weight nearly buckling my knees. He was heavier than he looked, but I had no choice. No matter how deep our differences ran, I couldn’t leave him passed out at the party like his so-called friends and girlfriend had done. After all, there had been nights—too many to count—when I was the one too drunk to stand, and Liam had always been the one to carry me home. He used to ask why I drank so much. I never told him the truth: it was the suffocating pressure from my father that drove me to it. The words had never come out then. Maybe they never would.By the time we reached the house, my back was screaming. I fumbled with the door, Liam still draped over me like a sack of stones. I half-dragged, half-carried him to his room and dropped him onto the bed with a grunt.“Essh,” I muttered, massaging the ache in my lower back. “What does he even eat to be this heavy?”I turned to leave, but guilt stopped me. He was still wearing his shoes. Sighing, I leane

Chapter 158

I sighed and scoffed at the same time. “Why do I have to tell you where I’ve been or who I’ve been with? It’s not in the rules you mentioned, and I don’t owe you anything.”Liam stood up and came closer. The house was pitch dark, so I could only make out his silhouette—tall, imposing, and far too close. My pulse quickened despite myself.“Of course you do,” he said calmly, arms folded across his chest. “Don’t forget—this is my house. You’re living in it. If anything bad happens to you, I’m the one who’s answerable.”I let out a bitter laugh. “Answerable? You—who made my assignment disappear? You—who pushed me so hard I hurt myself? Your little pranks?”He shifted, and even in the darkness I sensed the way his shoulders tensed, as if my words had struck a nerve. “Okay… okay.”The silence stretched, heavy with everything unsaid. His past mistakes seemed to haunt him in that moment. I turned to leave. “If you have nothing else to say, I’m gone.”But his hand shot out and grabbed mine. “N

Chapter 159

I rushed across campus to Blake’s dorm, heart pounding with worry. The evening air felt heavier than usual, carrying the weight of the day’s confrontations. When I reached his door, I knocked hard, my voice urgent. “Blake? Are you in there? Blake, are you okay?”Silence stretched for a tense moment before the door finally swung open. Blake stood there, looking pale and disheveled. Relief flooded me for a split second—until I saw his face. A nasty bruise bloomed across his cheek, and his lip was split.“Man, you got me worried sick,” I said, stepping inside. “You didn’t come to class, and you weren’t picking up my calls.” I reached out instinctively, gently touching the bruised area. “Are you hurt? Did you get into a fight?”Before he could answer, a taller guy emerged from behind him, his expression cold and hostile. “And who the hell are you?” he demanded.I blinked, confused. Was this his brother? A relative? “I’m his friend,” I replied steadily.The guy scoffed. “Then back off.”Bl

Chapter 160

I didn’t dare look at him again. Liam’s cold, piercing stare made my skin crawl with discomfort. The sweetness of the ice cream turned bitter in my mouth. I turned to Camilla, forcing a casual smile. “We need to go. Please. Now.”She looked at me, confused, spoon halfway to her lips. “Why, Noah? We were having a good time.”“Uhmm… because I forgot there’s an assignment I need to finish tonight,” I lied, already standing.She nodded slowly. “That’s fair enough.” As we left, I lifted her bag for her and we headed out. I could feel Liam’s eyes burning into my back the entire way, but I refused to glance over my shoulder. Not once.I escorted Camilla all the way to her dorm, the night air cool against my flushed skin. At her door, she turned with a bright smile. “It was a wonderful evening.”I nodded, managing a small smile in return. “Yeah, it was.”She waved goodbye and disappeared inside. I sighed, adjusting the straps of my backpack, and began the slow walk home. My mind churned with

Chapter 161

I winced as the nurse finished dressing my wound, the fresh bandages pulling tight against the reopened split on my lip. The pain was sharper now, a constant throb that made every word feel like fire when I tried to speak. Blood loss and the hard fall on the ice had left me drained, but I was alive. That was what mattered.The door to the small infirmary room creaked open, and Blake rushed in, his face etched with worry. “Noah,” he called, voice shaking as he dropped onto the edge of the bed beside me. “I thought you were going to lose too much blood and die out there.”I managed a weak laugh, ignoring the sting it caused. “Come on, I can’t die. It’s just blood.”“Are you sure?” He pouted, eyes still wide with concern.“Yes.” I reached up and ruffled his hair lightly, messing it up the way I knew he hated. “I’ll be fine. Don’t be such a crybaby.”He swatted my hand away gently, but the tension in his shoulders eased a fraction. “What did you ever do to Liam? He’s so evil.”I paused at

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